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Online Shopping May Never Be the Same
Buying goods from international sellers has been cheap and easy—until now.
That means that many things you might import could become more expensive (on account of the additional taxes) or harder to buy (because sellers won’t bother shipping to the U.S.), or take longer to arrive (because of customs backlogs), or any combination of those. Various strategies have allowed the retailer’s marketplace suppliers to take advantage of de minimis when they import goods; at other times, when you buy from the big platforms’ sites, those vendors might ship what you ordered directly from abroad, tax free. Buying cheap imported goods has become the best part of online shopping: Not only can you find the best deals from international sellers, but also you can source items to satiate specific hobbies and interests—say, drafting pens from Japan or instrument reeds from Belgium.
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